WFMU: Therese: Playlist from December 16, 2013

Listener comments!
	♥ 12:03am pacific standard simon: Therese, this is in my top five Christmas songs -- The original "Christmas Wrapping".
	12:04am Cherry Ice: Hey Therese, I hace a sketchy wifi connection and a bad audio jack on the laptop. If my signal doesn't drop my channel might. You are freakin' me out. Good Morning.
	♥ 12:04am pacific standard simon: The Carla Thomas, I mean.
	12:05am KP: Merry Merry, Therese
	♥ 12:06am pacific standard simon: Right up there with "New York's A Lonely Town" and "Christmas In Jail" -- the holiday ain't complete without 'em.
	12:08am weather cup: Ha Ha, you're just messin' with me now :)
	12:13am Therese: Hi everybody! Thank you for indulging me this holiday season!
	12:15am peak seasonings: Your show has me wiggling my wire alright.
	♥ 12:15am chad from oregon: Hey Therese, looking forward to the holiday themed show tonight! (OJ! Yeah!)
	♥ 12:16am pacific standard simon: Indulging you? I'll be replaying this at work!
	♥ 12:17am Tome: hi Therese love it !!! , hi Kiddles ! great set of x-mas indeed !
	12:17am KP: I heard a guy on Ave A today sing Greg Lake's Father Christmas. He did it well. It gave me chills. I love that one
	♥ 12:20am pacific standard simon: Why do I suspect Eric's sincerity...?
	12:22am parquet heart: This is not your parents Christmas show... well, at least not MY parents.
	12:23am JakeGould: This is not my parent’s Christmas show because I’m Jewish & am pretty sure they are as well.
	♥ 12:26am pacific standard simon: Heh... my son is Jewish, but I'm not.
	12:26am grass pants: I'm never asked but I don't think my parent were Jewish. I look a little Jewiish though.
	12:29am JakeGould: Thanksgivingkah makes this holiday season a hella awkward for members of the tribe.
	12:30am rotting in hell: I think I'm half Jewish and half Christian. No one really understands me.
	12:30am KP: Oh my , this is beautiful, thanks Therese
	♥ 12:31am pacific standard simon: Some people (crazy people, maybe) think that the native Americans were a lost tribe of Israel; think of your Thanksgivingkah in that light.
	♥ 12:31am Skirkie: Happy Solstice, one and all.
	12:32am JakeGould: Okay this bed music is nice.
	♥ 12:33am Ken From Hyde Park: Do you have Art Carney and "Santa and the Doodle-Li-Boop" coming up?
	♥ 12:34am Skirkie: The overt hurricane emergency jawn, if I'm not mistaken.
	12:35am JakeGould: Solstice is in 5 days, yo.
	12:36am cowboy hands: It's a good thing the solstice is near, if the days get much shorter I'm not even going to bother with getting out of bed.
	♥ 12:37am pacific standard simon: It's true.
	♥ 12:38am Ken From Hyde Park: A full moon is coming soon. Looks like Tuesday.
	♥ 12:39am pacific standard simon: Still haven't seen the comet, yet. Sounds like a washout.
	12:39am JakeGould: Full moon Tuesday? Good thing I shaved today.
	12:40am jug line: Got a peak of the moon before it dove behind snowy clouds in upstate NY. It looked very near full.
	♥ 12:41am pacific standard simon: No need to rob Santa's sleigh, Jake.
	12:43am JakeGould: Rob Santa’s sleigh? No. What? Splain.
	12:45am go-round backslider: I remember Santa used to ride around in a Remington electric razor sled. Maybe that's what he means.
	♥ 12:46am pacific standard simon: "Monster's Holiday" - Lon Chaney, Jr.
	12:47am JakeGould: WD-40/Duct tape: This Jew knows that Santa rode a Norelco (aka: NOELco), plebe. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 12:49am pacific standard simon: The monsters want to steal Santa's goodies; Wolfman wants a new razor. Santa foils the plot by.... oh, Therese, do you have the darn song?
	12:50am violent chill: Ayh yes, NOELco, that's what Christmas is all about....closeness. Thanks for the reminder. :)
	♥ 12:56am Tome: Darlene yahhh .. !..
	12:57am Nodo Offkey: Snakes alive Therese! Time is flying by.
	12:58am Lonely Planet Boy: Saw Ms Love's show Monday nite.
	1:00am BadKrampusZero: BLERG! I just realized that the clock on my laptop doesn't update when I'm in a different time zone like the clock on my phone does. So it's not really 11:58pm here in Cleveland which means I've missed almost the entire first hour of Therese. :sadface: Thank goodness for the archives; I'll be able to listen to what I missed. So are the Christmas tunes an indication that you're taking next Sunday off, Therese?
	♥ 1:06am pacific standard simon: Whoopee, Ms. Amanda!
	1:13am BadKrampusZero: The Weather Girls made a video for this song. Sadly it is not as fantastic as their "It's Raining Men" video.
	1:15am amEdeo: CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! butts.
	1:19am Julie: Christmas cigarettes?
	1:20am JakeGould: Kid Creole & the Chistamasnuts.
	♥ 1:29am Andrew Waterloo: Great show Therese.
	♥ 1:33am Ken From Hyde Park: Yay for Father Christmas...one of my favorites.
	1:40am Yamamoto Look: @Ken Another vote for Father Christmas, seeing as how I can't find any Who Christmas tunes.
	♥ 1:43am pacific standard simon: Don't have a copy of Tommy?
	1:45am one bad tooth and ear: @PSS You got me there, just found it on youtube. I forgot all about that song.
	1:46am BadKrampusZero: Mojo Nixon recorded a version of "Good King Wenceslas" in which he sings "la la la" because he couldn't remember the actual lyrics.
	♥ 1:46am pacific standard simon: Plus, you know Santa can see for miles and miles and miles and miles.
	1:48am shiny new ceiling: Chuck Berry used to sing La, La, La but that's because he was gargling urine.
	♥ 1:49am pacific standard simon: Deck Us All With Boston Charlie: www.straightdope.com...
	1:52am felonious lookalike: @PSS "Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon," If that's not classic Christmas lyric I don't what is!
	♥ 1:55am pacific standard simon: Dontcha just know it!
	♥ 1:59am pacific standard simon: Brain signal's driftin'... nighty-night...
	2:01am Christian Swingle: G'dnight. I lost my signal for about 1/2 hour just now. I feel your pain.
	2:13am BadKrampusZero: I loved when Spinal Tap played this on "Saturday Night Live."
	2:20am BadKrampusZero: Star Wars Christmas!!!
	2:22am Therese: Shameless, I know.
	2:22am satin slips: Chewbaca chorus: Aagggggh, Aargggh, Aaaargh
	2:23am BadKrampusZero: John Bon Jovi's first professional recording. He sang vocals on this under his real last name [Bongiovi].
	2:24am Sleepless in Montreal: I'm beat! Great show, Therese. <3
	2:25am BadKrampusZero: His cousin was the producer.
	2:31am good china: Never knew about the lawn ornament business Fountains of Wayne, too funny.
	2:32am BadKrampusZero: I'm trying to think up a word that rhymes with "radar" to call your ability to detect Starbucks compiled music compilations.
	2:34am stray teapee: @BKZ Latte' dar?
	2:38am My Feet Smell Good: that would be a 'pirated' version of course.
	2:47am BadKrampusZero: I can hear him through my headphones.
	2:57am Steve-O: Hey Therese! Sorry I missed you tonight.....hope I can get a chance to check the archives soon, though. In the meantime, have a fantastic week, fellas! =)
	4:15am KP: Hey there Amedeo

Therese: Playlist from December 16, 2013

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December 16, 2013: It's Christmas. All Over. Again.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Format	Approx. start time
Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz, It's Christmas	7" Single	Atlantic		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Merry Christmas Baby	War 7" Single	Columbia		0:02:33 (Pop-up)
The Five Keys	It's Christmas "It's Christmas" by "The Five Keys"	The Ultimate R&B Christmas Volume 3	The Right Stuff		0:07:36 (Pop-up)
Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody "Merry Xmas Everybody" by "Slade"	Get Yer Boots On: the Best of Slade	Shout! Factory		0:09:45 (Pop-up)
Orange Juice	Holiday Hymn "Holiday Hymn" by "Orange Juice"	The Glasgow School (Coals to Newcastle Box)	Domino		0:13:07 (Pop-up)
Wreckless Eric	Christmas "Christmas" by "Wreckless Eric"	The Wreckless Eric Yuletide Forty-Five	Kelt		0:16:39 (Pop-up)
Chris Stamey Group	Sha La La (Deck the Halls)	Christmas Time	Coyote		0:21:06 (Pop-up)
Holly Golightly & the Greenhornes	Little Stars	Little Stars 7"	Damaged Goods		0:24:56 (Pop-up)
Big Star	Jesus Christ (Alternate Mix)	WFMU's War on Christmas (V/A)	WFMU		0:27:54 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Optigan		0:30:47 (Pop-up)
Marvin Gaye	Purple Snowflakes "Purple Snowflakes" by "Marvin Gaye"	A Motown Christmas, Volume 2 (V/A)	Motown / Universal		0:36:53 (Pop-up)
Bobby's Blue Band	Merry Christmas Baby	Flexi Single	Hot Fudge	Other	0:39:57 (Pop-up)
Rotary Connection (featuring Minnie Riperton)	Christmas Love	Have A Merry Chess Christmas (V/A)	Chess / MCA		0:43:33 (Pop-up)
James Brown & the Famous Flames	The Christmas Song	7" Single	King		0:46:54 (Pop-up)
Johnny Adams	Please Come Home for Christmas	Christmas in New Orleans with Johnny Adams	Maison de Soul		0:48:43 (Pop-up)
Darlene Love	Happy Xmas (War is Over)	It's Christmas, Of Course	Shout! Factory		0:53:41 (Pop-up)
The BellRays	Rocket Ship Santa "Rocket Ship Santa" by "The BellRays"	A BellRays Christmas	Cheap Lullaby		0:57:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Optigan		0:59:02 (Pop-up)
The Weather Girls	Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man this Christmas)	12" Single	Columbia		1:06:55 (Pop-up)
Mirror Image	Good King Wenceslas "Good King Wenceslas" by "Mirror Image"	Yuletide Disco	Pickwick		1:12:44 (Pop-up)
August Darnell	Christmas on Riverside Drive	A Christmas Record (V/A)	ZE Records		1:16:31 (Pop-up)
The Pointer Sisters	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	A Very Special Christmas	A&M		1:21:33 (Pop-up)
Rufus Thomas	I'll Be Your Santa, Baby	It's Christmas Time Again	Stax		1:24:52 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding	Merry Christmas Baby	7" Single	ATCO		1:28:16 (Pop-up)
The Kinks	Father Christmas "Father Christmas" by "The Kinks"	7" Single	Flashback Records		1:30:56 (Pop-up)
Elastica	Gloria "Gloria" by "Elastica"	Just Say Noel (V/A)	Geffen		1:34:49 (Pop-up)
Paul Haig	Scottish Christmas "Scottish Christmas" by "Paul Haig"	Ghosts Of Christmas Past (V/A)	Les Disques du Crépuscule		1:37:38 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Optigan		1:41:13 (Pop-up)
Sarge	Last Christmas "Last Christmas" by "Sarge"	The My Pal God Holiday Record [V/A]	My Pal God Records		1:48:28 (Pop-up)
The Gwens	Christmas Love "Christmas Love" by "The Gwens"	Kindercore Christmas Two (V/A)	Kindercore		1:51:50 (Pop-up)
Eleanor Friedberger	Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me	Holidays Rule (V/A)	Hear Music		1:54:51 (Pop-up)
Martin Mull	Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope	7" Single	Capricorn		2:00:09 (Pop-up)
The Kaisers	Merry Christmas Loopy Lu	7" Single	Norton		2:02:28 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo	Rock & Roll Santa "Rock & Roll Santa" by "Yo La Tengo"	Merry Christmas from Yo La Tengo	Egon		2:05:22 (Pop-up)
The Ventures	Silver Bells "Silver Bells" by "The Ventures"	The Ventures Christmas Album	Razor & Tie		2:08:50 (Pop-up)
Spinal Tap	Christmas with the Devil	Christmas with the Devil 7" Single	Enigma		2:11:32 (Pop-up)
Fountains of Wayne	I Want an Alien for Christmas	I Want an Alien for Christmas	Atlantic		2:15:27 (Pop-up)
Astronaut Frank Borman	Christmas Greeting From Space	Great Speeches of the 20th Century	Rhino / WEA		2:17:52 (Pop-up)
R2D2 & C-3PO	R2D2, We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album	RSO/Polydor		2:18:29 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Largo	Santa Claus is Coming to Town	The Joyous Sounds of Christmas: Johnny Largo at the Optigan	Optigan		2:21:44 (Pop-up)
The Apples in Stereo	Holiday Mood	Oh Santa! New & Used Holiday Classics (V/A)	Yep Roc		2:30:43 (Pop-up)
Matt Pond PA	Holiday Road "Holiday Road" by "Matt Pond PA"	Winter Songs	Altitude		2:33:09 (Pop-up)
The Pretenders	2000 Miles "2000 Miles" by "The Pretenders"	Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Xmas (V/A)	Rhino		2:36:29 (Pop-up)
The Carpenters	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Christmas Portrait	A&M		2:40:39 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 12:03am pacific standard simon: Therese, this is in my top five Christmas songs -- The original "Christmas Wrapping".
	12:04am Cherry Ice: Hey Therese, I hace a sketchy wifi connection and a bad audio jack on the laptop. If my signal doesn't drop my channel might. You are freakin' me out. Good Morning.
	♥ 12:04am pacific standard simon: The Carla Thomas, I mean.
	12:05am KP: Merry Merry, Therese
	♥ 12:06am pacific standard simon: Right up there with "New York's A Lonely Town" and "Christmas In Jail" -- the holiday ain't complete without 'em.
	12:08am weather cup: Ha Ha, you're just messin' with me now :)
	12:13am Therese: Hi everybody! Thank you for indulging me this holiday season!
	12:15am peak seasonings: Your show has me wiggling my wire alright.
	♥ 12:15am chad from oregon: Hey Therese, looking forward to the holiday themed show tonight! (OJ! Yeah!)
	♥ 12:16am pacific standard simon: Indulging you? I'll be replaying this at work!
	♥ 12:17am Tome: hi Therese love it !!! , hi Kiddles ! great set of x-mas indeed !
	12:17am KP: I heard a guy on Ave A today sing Greg Lake's Father Christmas. He did it well. It gave me chills. I love that one
	♥ 12:20am pacific standard simon: Why do I suspect Eric's sincerity...?
	12:22am parquet heart: This is not your parents Christmas show... well, at least not MY parents.
	12:23am JakeGould: This is not my parent’s Christmas show because I’m Jewish & am pretty sure they are as well.
	♥ 12:26am pacific standard simon: Heh... my son is Jewish, but I'm not.
	12:26am grass pants: I'm never asked but I don't think my parent were Jewish. I look a little Jewiish though.
	12:29am JakeGould: Thanksgivingkah makes this holiday season a hella awkward for members of the tribe.
	12:30am rotting in hell: I think I'm half Jewish and half Christian. No one really understands me.
	12:30am KP: Oh my , this is beautiful, thanks Therese
	♥ 12:31am pacific standard simon: Some people (crazy people, maybe) think that the native Americans were a lost tribe of Israel; think of your Thanksgivingkah in that light.
	♥ 12:31am Skirkie: Happy Solstice, one and all.
	12:32am JakeGould: Okay this bed music is nice.
	♥ 12:33am Ken From Hyde Park: Do you have Art Carney and "Santa and the Doodle-Li-Boop" coming up?
	♥ 12:34am Skirkie: The overt hurricane emergency jawn, if I'm not mistaken.
	12:35am JakeGould: Solstice is in 5 days, yo.
	12:36am cowboy hands: It's a good thing the solstice is near, if the days get much shorter I'm not even going to bother with getting out of bed.
	♥ 12:37am pacific standard simon: It's true.
	♥ 12:38am Ken From Hyde Park: A full moon is coming soon. Looks like Tuesday.
	♥ 12:39am pacific standard simon: Still haven't seen the comet, yet. Sounds like a washout.
	12:39am JakeGould: Full moon Tuesday? Good thing I shaved today.
	12:40am jug line: Got a peak of the moon before it dove behind snowy clouds in upstate NY. It looked very near full.
	♥ 12:41am pacific standard simon: No need to rob Santa's sleigh, Jake.
	12:43am JakeGould: Rob Santa’s sleigh? No. What? Splain.
	12:45am go-round backslider: I remember Santa used to ride around in a Remington electric razor sled. Maybe that's what he means.
	♥ 12:46am pacific standard simon: "Monster's Holiday" - Lon Chaney, Jr.
	12:47am JakeGould: WD-40/Duct tape: This Jew knows that Santa rode a Norelco (aka: NOELco), plebe. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 12:49am pacific standard simon: The monsters want to steal Santa's goodies; Wolfman wants a new razor. Santa foils the plot by.... oh, Therese, do you have the darn song?
	12:50am violent chill: Ayh yes, NOELco, that's what Christmas is all about....closeness. Thanks for the reminder. :)
	♥ 12:56am Tome: Darlene yahhh .. !..
	12:57am Nodo Offkey: Snakes alive Therese! Time is flying by.
	12:58am Lonely Planet Boy: Saw Ms Love's show Monday nite.
	1:00am BadKrampusZero: BLERG! I just realized that the clock on my laptop doesn't update when I'm in a different time zone like the clock on my phone does. So it's not really 11:58pm here in Cleveland which means I've missed almost the entire first hour of Therese. :sadface: Thank goodness for the archives; I'll be able to listen to what I missed. So are the Christmas tunes an indication that you're taking next Sunday off, Therese?
	♥ 1:06am pacific standard simon: Whoopee, Ms. Amanda!
	1:13am BadKrampusZero: The Weather Girls made a video for this song. Sadly it is not as fantastic as their "It's Raining Men" video.
	1:15am amEdeo: CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! butts.
	1:19am Julie: Christmas cigarettes?
	1:20am JakeGould: Kid Creole & the Chistamasnuts.
	♥ 1:29am Andrew Waterloo: Great show Therese.
	♥ 1:33am Ken From Hyde Park: Yay for Father Christmas...one of my favorites.
	1:40am Yamamoto Look: @Ken Another vote for Father Christmas, seeing as how I can't find any Who Christmas tunes.
	♥ 1:43am pacific standard simon: Don't have a copy of Tommy?
	1:45am one bad tooth and ear: @PSS You got me there, just found it on youtube. I forgot all about that song.
	1:46am BadKrampusZero: Mojo Nixon recorded a version of "Good King Wenceslas" in which he sings "la la la" because he couldn't remember the actual lyrics.
	♥ 1:46am pacific standard simon: Plus, you know Santa can see for miles and miles and miles and miles.
	1:48am shiny new ceiling: Chuck Berry used to sing La, La, La but that's because he was gargling urine.
	♥ 1:49am pacific standard simon: Deck Us All With Boston Charlie: www.straightdope.com...
	1:52am felonious lookalike: @PSS "Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon," If that's not classic Christmas lyric I don't what is!
	♥ 1:55am pacific standard simon: Dontcha just know it!
	♥ 1:59am pacific standard simon: Brain signal's driftin'... nighty-night...
	2:01am Christian Swingle: G'dnight. I lost my signal for about 1/2 hour just now. I feel your pain.
	2:13am BadKrampusZero: I loved when Spinal Tap played this on "Saturday Night Live."
	2:20am BadKrampusZero: Star Wars Christmas!!!
	2:22am Therese: Shameless, I know.
	2:22am satin slips: Chewbaca chorus: Aagggggh, Aargggh, Aaaargh
	2:23am BadKrampusZero: John Bon Jovi's first professional recording. He sang vocals on this under his real last name [Bongiovi].
	2:24am Sleepless in Montreal: I'm beat! Great show, Therese. <3
	2:25am BadKrampusZero: His cousin was the producer.
	2:31am good china: Never knew about the lawn ornament business Fountains of Wayne, too funny.
	2:32am BadKrampusZero: I'm trying to think up a word that rhymes with "radar" to call your ability to detect Starbucks compiled music compilations.
	2:34am stray teapee: @BKZ Latte' dar?
	2:38am My Feet Smell Good: that would be a 'pirated' version of course.
	2:47am BadKrampusZero: I can hear him through my headphones.
	2:57am Steve-O: Hey Therese! Sorry I missed you tonight.....hope I can get a chance to check the archives soon, though. In the meantime, have a fantastic week, fellas! =)
	4:15am KP: Hey there Amedeo

Therese: Playlist from December 16, 2013

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